#38BAAE#38BAAE

#38BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAAE
RGBrgb(56, 186, 174)
HSLhsl(174, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.76, -37.37, -4.10)
CIE-LCHlch(68.76, 37.59, 186.26°)
OKLaboklab(71.7% -0.1109 -0.0117)
OKLCHoklch(71.7% 0.111 186)
XYZxyz(26.8262, 39.0114, 46.1523)
Luminance0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAAE #BA3844
analogous
#38BA6D #38BAAE #3885BA
triadic
#38BAAE #AE38BA #BAAE38
tetradic
#38BAAE #6D38BA #BA3844 #85BA38
square
#38BAAE #6D38BA #BA3844 #85BA38
split-complementary
#38BAAE #BA3885 #BA6D38
monochromatic
#1C5C56 #2A8B82 #38BAAE #60CFC5 #8FDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#38BAAE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80
#38BAAE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAE
8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAAE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAAE1.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B0AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA2AF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 186.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc6',
    500: '#38baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38baae;
$custom-light: #81cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAAE
secondary
#C8868C
accent
#4B58DD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAE

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#38BAAE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva